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'''John Neville Figgis''' {{post-nominals|post-noms=[[Community of the Resurrection|CR]]}} (1866–1919) was an historian, political philosopher, and [[Anglican]] [[priest]] and [[monk]] of the [[Community of the Resurrection]]. Educated at [[Brighton College]] and [[St Catharine's College, Cambridge]], he was a student of [[Lord Acton]] at Cambridge, and editor of much of Acton's work.
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'''John Neville Figgis''' {{post-nominals|post-noms=[[Community of the Resurrection|CR]]}} (1866–1919) was an English [[historian]], [[political philosopher]], and [[Anglican]] [[priest]] and [[monk]] of the [[Community of the Resurrection]]. He was born in [[Brighton]] on 2 October 1866.{{sfn|Chapman|2004}} Educated at [[Brighton College]] and [[St Catharine's College, Cambridge]], he was a student of [[Lord Acton]] at Cambridge, and editor of much of Acton's work.


He is remembered in relation to the [[history of ideas]], and concepts of the Pluralist State. The latter he in some ways adapted from [[Otto von Gierke]]; his ideas were picked up by others, such as [[G. D. H. Cole|G.&nbsp;D.&nbsp;H. Cole]] and [[Harold Laski]]. Some of the books which belonged to Neville Figgis form part of the Mirfield Collection which is housed in the University of York Special Collections.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://informationdirectorate.blogspot.co.uk/2018/04/rare-books-and-religious-history.html|title="Rare Books and Religious History - discovering the Mirfield Collection" a blog by Marios Antoniou, Intern for the Institute for the Public Understanding of the Past|website=informationdirectorate.blogspot.co.uk|access-date=2018-04-18}}</ref>
He is remembered in relation to the [[history of ideas]] and concepts of the [[pluralism (political theory)|pluralist]] state. The latter he in some ways adapted from [[Otto von Gierke]]; his ideas were picked up by others, such as [[G.&nbsp;D.&nbsp;H. Cole]] and [[Harold Laski]]. Some of the books which belonged to Figgis form part of the Mirfield Collection which is housed in the University of York Special Collections.<ref>{{cite web |last=Antoniou |first=Marios |date=6 April 2018 |title=Rare Books and Religious History&nbsp;– Discovering the Mirfield Collection |url=http://informationdirectorate.blogspot.co.uk/2018/04/rare-books-and-religious-history.html |website=Inspiring Minds |location=York, England |publisher=University of York |access-date=26 December 2019}}</ref>


He was Professed in the Community of the Resurrection at Mirfield in 1909.
He was professed in the Community of the Resurrection at [[Mirfield]] in 1909.{{citation needed|date=December 2019}} He died on 13 April 1919 in [[Virginia Water]].{{sfn|Chapman|2004}}


==Works==
==Works==
*[https://archive.org/details/divinerightofkin00figguoft ''The Divine Right of Kings''] (1896), second edition 1914
*[https://archive.org/details/divinerightofkin00figguoft ''The Divine Right of Kings''] (1896), second edition 1914
*[https://archive.org/details/christianityhist00figg ''Christianity and History''] (1905)
*[https://archive.org/details/christianityhist00figg ''Christianity and History''] (1905)
*[https://archive.org/details/studiesofpolitic00figgiala ''Studies of Political Thought from Gerson to Grotius 1414-1625''] (1907) Birkbeck Lectures, 1900.<ref>http://socserv2.mcmaster.ca/~econ/ugcm/3ll3/figgis/PoliticalTheory.pdf</ref>
*[https://archive.org/details/studiesofpolitic00figgiala ''Studies of Political Thought from Gerson to Grotius, 1414–1625''] (1907) Birkbeck Lectures, 1900
*[https://archive.org/details/gospelhumanneeds00figg ''The Gospel and Human Needs''] (1909) [[Hulsean Lectures]]
*[https://archive.org/details/gospelhumanneeds00figg ''The Gospel and Human Needs''] (1909) [[Hulsean Lectures]]
*''[http://anglicanhistory.org/england/jnfiggis/defects1917/ Religion and English Society]'' (1911)
*''[http://anglicanhistory.org/england/jnfiggis/defects1917/ Religion and English Society]'' (1911)
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*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924020347351 ''Churches in the Modern State''] (1913)
*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924020347351 ''Churches in the Modern State''] (1913)
*[https://archive.org/details/fellowshipmyste00figggoog ''The Fellowship of the Mystery''] (1914) Bishop Paddock Lectures
*[https://archive.org/details/fellowshipmyste00figggoog ''The Fellowship of the Mystery''] (1914) Bishop Paddock Lectures
*[https://archive.org/details/willtofreedomorg08figg ''The Will to Freedom : or, The Gospel of Nietzsche and the Gospel of Christ''] (1917)
*[https://archive.org/details/willtofreedomorg08figg ''The Will to Freedom: or, The Gospel of Nietzsche and the Gospel of Christ''] (1917)
*''[http://anglicanhistory.org/england/jnfiggis/religion1911.html Some Defects of English Religion]'' (1917)
*''[http://anglicanhistory.org/england/jnfiggis/religion1911.html Some Defects of English Religion]'' (1917)
*[https://archive.org/details/hopesforenglishr00figguoft ''Hopes for English Religion''] (1919)
*[https://archive.org/details/hopesforenglishr00figguoft ''Hopes for English Religion''] (1919)
*[https://archive.org/details/thepoliticalaspe00figguoft ''The Political Aspects of St. Augustine's City of God''] (1921)
*[https://archive.org/details/thepoliticalaspe00figguoft ''The Political Aspects of S. Augustine's City of God''] (1921)


==References==
==References==
===Footnotes===
{{Reflist}}
{{reflist|22em}}


===Bibliography===
*''The Pluralist Theory of the State: Selected Writings of G. D. H. Cole, J. N. Figgis, and H. J. Laski'' (1989) edited by [[Paul Hirst]]
{{refbegin|35em|indent=yes}}
*''Pluralist State: The Political Ideas of J. N. Figgis and His Contemporaries'' (1994) David Nicholls
: {{cite thesis
|last=Boldt
|first=Jeffrey
|year=2018
|title=From Butler to Thornton: A Typology of Conflicting Readings of the Two Books of Scripture and Nature in the Church of England from the Eighteenth to the Twentieth Century
|degree=ThD
|location=Toronto
|publisher=University of Toronto
|hdl=1807/90365
|hdl-access=free
|ref=harv
}}
: {{cite encyclopedia
|last=Chapman
|first=Mark D.
|author-link=Mark Chapman (theologian)
|year=2004
|title=Figgis, (John) Neville (1866–1919)
|encyclopedia=[[Oxford Dictionary of National Biography]]
|location=Oxford
|publisher=Oxford University Press
|doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/33126
|ref=harv
}}
: {{cite book
|last=Grimley
|first=Matthew
|year=2004
|title=Citizenship, Community, and the Church of England: Liberal Anglican Theories of the State Between the Wars
|location=Oxford
|publisher=Clarendon Press
|doi=10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199270897.001.0001
|isbn=978-0-19-927089-7
|ref=harv
}}
: {{cite book
|year=1989
|chapter=Introduction
|chapter-url=https://courseworks2.columbia.edu/files/568974/download?download_frd=1&verifier=stSyT7CvQ8uJsExwrUmTNorc5wC9V1oPgeOI4uVu
|chapter-format=PDF
|editor-last=Hirst
|editor-first=Paul Q.
|editor-link=Paul Hirst
|title=The Pluralist Theory of the State: Selected Writings of G.&nbsp;D.&nbsp;H. Cole, J.&nbsp;N. Figgis, and H.&nbsp;J. Laski
|location=London
|publisher=Routledge
|publication-date=2005
|pages=1–46
|isbn=978-0-203-98600-4
|access-date=26 December 2019
|ref=harv
}}
: {{cite book
|last=Mead
|first=Robert
|year=2018
|chapter=A Conservative Ethic: A.&nbsp;R. Orage and T.&nbsp;E. Hulme, 1908–1916
|editor1-last=Carle
|editor1-first=Naomi
|editor2-last=Shaw
|editor2-first=Samuel
|editor3-last=Shaw
|editor3-first=Sarah
|title=Edwardian Culture: Beyond the Garden Party
|location=New York
|publisher=Routledge
|pages=236–260
|doi=10.4324/9781315146843
|isbn=978-1-315-14684-3
|ref=harv
}}
{{refend}}

==Further reading==
{{refbegin|35em|indent=yes}}
: {{cite journal
|last=Dolman
|first=Robert E.
|year=1996
|title=Forgotten Man of the Church of England: John Neville Figgis as Preacher
|journal=The Expository Times
|volume=107
|issue=6
|pages=169–172
|doi=10.1177/001452469610700603
|issn=1745-5308
}}
: {{cite book
|last=Nicholls
|first=David
|author-link=David Nicholls (theologian)
|year=1994
|title=Pluralist State: The Political Ideas of J.&nbsp;N. Figgis and His Contemporaries
|edition=2nd
|location=Basingstoke, England
|publisher=Macmillan Press
|doi=10.1007/978-1-349-23598-8
|isbn=978-0-333-61763-2
}}
: {{cite book
|last=Tucker
|first=Maurice G.
|year=1950
|title=John Neville Figgis: A Study
|location=London
|publisher=SPCK
|oclc=6150323
}}
{{refend}}


==External links==
==External links==
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* {{Gutenberg author | id=Figgis,+John+Neville}}
* {{Gutenberg author | id=Figgis,+John+Neville}}
* {{Internet Archive author |name=John Neville Figgis}}
* {{Internet Archive author |name=John Neville Figgis}}
* [http://anglicanhistory.org/england/jnfiggis/ Directory of works by John Neville Figgis 1866-1919] from [[Project Canterbury]]
* [http://anglicanhistory.org/england/jnfiggis/ Directory of works by John Neville Figgis 1866–1919] from [[Project Canterbury]]

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Revision as of 07:39, 26 December 2019

The Reverend
John Neville Figgis
CR
Born(1866-10-02)2 October 1866
Brighton, England
Died13 April 1919(1919-04-13) (aged 52)
Virginia Water, England
Other names
  • J. N. Figgis
  • Neville Figgis
Ecclesiastical career
ReligionChristianity (Anglican)
ChurchChurch of England[1]
Ordained
  • 1894 (deacon)
  • 1895 (priest)[1]
Scholarly background
Alma materSt Catharine's College, Cambridge
Influences
Scholarly work
Discipline
Sub-discipline
School or traditionLiberal Anglo-Catholicism[5]
Main interestsPluralism[6]
Influenced

John Neville Figgis CR (1866–1919) was an English historian, political philosopher, and Anglican priest and monk of the Community of the Resurrection. He was born in Brighton on 2 October 1866.[1] Educated at Brighton College and St Catharine's College, Cambridge, he was a student of Lord Acton at Cambridge, and editor of much of Acton's work.

He is remembered in relation to the history of ideas and concepts of the pluralist state. The latter he in some ways adapted from Otto von Gierke; his ideas were picked up by others, such as G. D. H. Cole and Harold Laski. Some of the books which belonged to Figgis form part of the Mirfield Collection which is housed in the University of York Special Collections.[9]

He was professed in the Community of the Resurrection at Mirfield in 1909.[citation needed] He died on 13 April 1919 in Virginia Water.[1]

Works

References

Footnotes

  1. ^ a b c d e f Chapman 2004.
  2. ^ Chapman 2004; Mead 2018, p. 251.
  3. ^ a b Mead 2018, pp. 251–252.
  4. ^ a b c Hirst 1989, p. 10.
  5. ^ a b Wilkinson, Alan (1998). "A Forgotten Monk of St Catharine's: John Neville Figgis CR (1866–1919)" (PDF). St Catharine's College Society Magazine. Cambridge, England: St Catharine's College Society. p. 22. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
  6. ^ Grimley 2004, p. 65.
  7. ^ Boldt 2018, pp. 144, 188–189, 192.
  8. ^ Richardson, Paul (8 May 2008). "A Higher Responsibility". London: Archbishop of Canterbury. Archived from the original on 18 December 2008. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
  9. ^ Antoniou, Marios (6 April 2018). "Rare Books and Religious History – Discovering the Mirfield Collection". Inspiring Minds. York, England: University of York. Retrieved 26 December 2019.

Bibliography

Boldt, Jeffrey (2018). From Butler to Thornton: A Typology of Conflicting Readings of the Two Books of Scripture and Nature in the Church of England from the Eighteenth to the Twentieth Century (ThD thesis). Toronto: University of Toronto. hdl:1807/90365. {{cite thesis}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
Chapman, Mark D. (2004). "Figgis, (John) Neville (1866–1919)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford: Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/33126. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
Grimley, Matthew (2004). Citizenship, Community, and the Church of England: Liberal Anglican Theories of the State Between the Wars. Oxford: Clarendon Press. doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199270897.001.0001. ISBN 978-0-19-927089-7. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
Hirst, Paul Q., ed. (1989). "Introduction" (PDF). The Pluralist Theory of the State: Selected Writings of G. D. H. Cole, J. N. Figgis, and H. J. Laski. London: Routledge (published 2005). pp. 1–46. ISBN 978-0-203-98600-4. Retrieved 26 December 2019. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
Mead, Robert (2018). "A Conservative Ethic: A. R. Orage and T. E. Hulme, 1908–1916". In Carle, Naomi; Shaw, Samuel; Shaw, Sarah (eds.). Edwardian Culture: Beyond the Garden Party. New York: Routledge. pp. 236–260. doi:10.4324/9781315146843. ISBN 978-1-315-14684-3. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)

Further reading

Dolman, Robert E. (1996). "Forgotten Man of the Church of England: John Neville Figgis as Preacher". The Expository Times. 107 (6): 169–172. doi:10.1177/001452469610700603. ISSN 1745-5308.
Nicholls, David (1994). Pluralist State: The Political Ideas of J. N. Figgis and His Contemporaries (2nd ed.). Basingstoke, England: Macmillan Press. doi:10.1007/978-1-349-23598-8. ISBN 978-0-333-61763-2.
Tucker, Maurice G. (1950). John Neville Figgis: A Study. London: SPCK. OCLC 6150323.
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